Breeders' Futurity Stakes

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Breeders' Futurity Stakes
Grade I race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Inaugurated1910
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websiteww2.keeneland.com/racing/default.aspx
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightFillies, 118 lbs.
Colts and Geldings, 121lbs
Purse$500,000 (since 2014)[1]

The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.[2] Currently offering a purse of $500,000, the race is open to two-year-old horses and is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. From 1997 to 2008, the race was sponsored by Lane's End Farm.[3] From 2009 to 2013 it was sponsored by Dixiana Farm.[4] It is now sponsored by Claiborne Farm.[1]

Structure[]

The race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.[5] It is also currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

History[]

The Breeders' Futurity was first raced at the Kentucky Association track in Lexington in 1910[6] and was renewed each year thereafter through 1930. In 1931 through 1935, the race was shifted to the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky.[7] The Futurity was revived at Keeneland in the fall of 1938 and during World War II, from 1943 through 1945 was renewed as part of the Churchill Downs fall meetings.[8]

The race was a Grade III event from 1973 to 1975, a Grade II from 1976 through 2003, and became a Grade 1 stakes in 2004. Over the years, it has been raced at various distances:

  • Six furlongs (1938–1949)[9]
  • Seven furlongs (1950–1955)
  • Seven furlongs, 184 feet (1956–1980)
  • 1+1⁄16 miles (1981–present)

From 2006 to 2013, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface.[10]

Records (since 1938)[]

Fastest Time: (at Current Distance 1+1⁄16 miles)

  • 1:42.20 – (1993)
Most wins by an owner
Most wins by a jockey
  • 5 – Don Brumfield (1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)
Most wins by a trainer

Winners of the Breeders' Futurity Stakes since 1938[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Rattle N Roll Brian Hernandez Jr. Kenneth McPeek Lucky Seven Stable 1:43.78
2020 Essential Quality Luis Saez Brad H. Cox Godolphin 1:44.37
2019 Maxfield José Ortiz Brendan Walsh Godolphin 1:44.21
2018 Knicks Go Albin Jimenez Ben Colebrook KRA Stud Farm 1:44.23
2017 Free Drop Billy Robby Albarado Dale L. Romans Albaugh Family Stables 1:45.43
2016 Classic Empire Julien Leparoux Mark E. Casse John C. Oxley 1:43.41
2015 Brody's Cause Corey J. Lanerie Dale L. Romans Albaugh Family Stable 1:43.27
2014 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm & Stonestreet Stables 1:43.38
2013 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1:46.91
2012 Joha Rajiv Maragh Michael J. Maker Bluegrass Equine Bloodstock 1:44.52
2011 Dullahan Kent Desormeaux Dale L. Romans Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, partnership manager) 1:43.12
2010 Shaun Bridgmohan Albert Stall Jr. Columbine Stable 1:44.12
2009 Noble's Promise Willie Martinez Kenneth G. McPeek Chasing Dreams Racing 1:43.12
2008 Square Eddie Rafael Bejarano J. Paul Reddam 1:43.04
2007 Robby Albarado Ashbrook Farm 1:45.21
2006 Great Hunter Victor Espinoza Doug O'Neill J. Paul Reddam 1:44.09
2005 Dale L. Romans Ken and Sarah Ramsey 1:48.77
2004 Rafael Bejarano D. Wayne Lukas R. & B. Lewis 1:43.67
2003 Javier Castellano Nicholas P. Zito 1:43.42
2002 Edgar Prado John T. Ward Jr. John C. Oxley 1:46.78
2001 Chris McCarron David Hofmans Amerman Racing LLC 1:43.79
2000 Shane Sellers Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:43.00
1999 Captain Steve Garrett K. Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:42.40
1998 Cat Thief Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:44.00
1997 Favorite Trick Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Joseph LaCombe Stable 1:43.20
1996 Boston Harbor Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:45.20
1995 Honour and Glory Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 1:43.20
1994 Tejano Run Jerry D. Bailey Kenneth McPeek Roy K. Monroe 1:44.60
1993 Curt Bourque James B. Cody 1:42.20
1992 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:42.40
1991 Dance Floor D. Wayne Lukas Oaktown Stable 1:44.20
1990 Donald G. Hardamon & Ray Trisler 1:44.40
1989 José A. Santos Flint S. Schulhofer William Haggin Perry 1:44.60
1988 Ángel Cordero Jr. C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:45.20
1987 Forty Niner Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm 1:43.80
1986 Sandy Hawley Carl Nafzger Bayview Stable 1:45.20
1985 Tasso Laffit Pincay Jr. Neil Drysdale Gerald Robins & Tim Sams 1:46.00
1984 Samuel D. Hinkle IV & D. D. Crater 1:45.80
1983 Swale Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm 1:44.00
1982 John L. Lively 1:43.60
1981 Darrel McHargue LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone 1:44.80
1980 John L. Lively Carl Nafzger William Floyd 1:28.80
1979 Don Brumfield Georgia E. Hofmann 1:26.80
1978 Ed Delahoussaye Del W. Carroll William S. Farish III 1:26.20
1977 Jerry M. Fanning James Scully 1:28.00
1976 Run Dusty Run Darrel McHargue Smiley Adams 1:27.40
1975 Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Louis Lee Haggin II 1:27.00
1974 Don Brumfield Douglas Dodson Eagle Mountain Farm 1:25.80
1973 Mike Manganello Greg E. Sanders 1:27.20
1972 Annihilate 'Em Don Brumfield 1:27.00
1971 Laffit Pincay Jr. MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1:27.20
1970 Don Brumfield Jack Long 1:28.80
1969 Hard Work Don Brumfield Dixiana Stable 1:25.60
1968 Earlie Fires Lucien Laurin Claiborne Farm 1:26.80
1967 Manuel Ycaza Bwamazon Farm 1:26.80
1966 Jimmy Nichols Del W. Carroll Michael Grace Phipps 1:28.00
1965 Jimmy Nichols Fred W. Hooper 1:28.40
1964 Loyd Gentry Jr. Ford Stables 1:26.40
1963 William D. Lucas LeRoy Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:26.20
1962 James P. Conway Darby Dan Farm 1:26.40
1961 Roman Line Vester R. Wright 1:26.60
1960 Joseph D. Puckett J. Graham Brown 1:27.00
1959 John L. Rotz G. Van Deren/O.S. Deming 1:27.20
1958 Jimmy Combest Vester R. Wright T. Allie Grissom 1:26.80
1957 Mary V. Fisher 1:26.40
1956 Round Table Steve Brooks Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:26.80
1955 Douglas Dodson Bwamazon Farm 1:23.60
1954 Pete D. Anderson Woody Stephens Woody Stephens 1:24.40
1953 Hasty Road John H. Adams Harry Trotsek 1:23.20
1952 Bennie Green John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:23.80
1951 Carroll Bierman Harborvale Stable F.L. Leatherbury E.A. Roberts 1:23.40
1950 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:23.60
1949 Oil Capitol Kenneth Church Harry Trotsek Thomas Gray 1:12.20
1948 Olympia Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 1:11.60
1947 Steve Brooks Dixiana Stable 1:11.80
1946 Steve Brooks Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 1:11.40
1945 Steve Brooks Hal Price Headley 1:12.80
1944 Leon Haas Theodore DeLong Buhl 1:12.20
1943 1:11.60
1942 Leon Haas Burley Parke 1:14.00
1941 Devil Diver Conn McCreary John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:11.80
1940 Whirlaway Johnny Longden Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1:11.20
1939 Leon Haas Max Hirsch 1:10.60
1938 Johnstown James Stout Belair Stud 1:11.40

Earlier winners[]

  • 1937: No race
  • 1936: No race
  • 1935: No race
  • 1934: No race
  • 1933: Mata Hari
  • 1932: Technique
  • 1931: The Bull
  • 1930: Mate
  • 1929:
  • 1928: Current
  • 1927: Wacker Drive
  • 1926: Wood Lore
  • 1925: Flight of Time
  • 1924: Candy Kid
  • 1923: Worthmore
  • 1922: Donges
  • 1921: Gentility
  • 1920: Believe Idle Hour
  • 1919: Blazes
  • 1918: Colonel Livingston
  • 1917: Escoba
  • 1916: Harry Kelly
  • 1915: Kinney
  • 1914: Luke
  • 1913: Imperator
  • 1912: Helios
  • 1911: The Manager
  • 1910: Housemaid

See also[]

References[]

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  5. ^ "Road to the Kentucky Derby". kentuckyderbyinfographic.com. Churchill Downs Inc. Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  6. ^ "Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1)Sponsored by Claiborne Farm104th Running • Fall • 1 1/16 miles • 2-year-olds" (PDF). keeneland.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-04.
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  9. ^ www.bloodhorse.com https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/243819/asmussen-brings-talented-duo-to-breeders-futurity. Retrieved 2021-05-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "Keeneland Debuts New Dirt Surface on Main Race Track". www.keeneland.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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